Dave Crawley joined KDKA in April of 1988 where he reports on the interesting stories of “KD Country.”
Throughout his career, Dave has visited many towns and has enjoyed learning about community activities and interests. He has taped more than...

“Weapons of Math Destruction”..that’s good. I don’t know where most of the protractors are, though we found one (there are apparently more) on the North Side…several on Penn Ave. in Garfield and Polish Hill…as well as the pedestrian walkway toward Bigelow Blvd. on the Bloomfield Bridge. Anyone see any others? More to the point, anyone know what’s up with this?

Plot them on a map then draw an azmith in the direction (magnetic/grid) indicated on each protractor. Where lines intersect one may have a target. Watch our for folks with mortars in the back of their trucks.

Ahhh How I pine for the days when reporters actually knew how to do their jobs and would have been embarrassed to turn in a report like this filled with nothing more than the idle speculation of the man in the street. How about chasing down the actual facts? Maybe call some of the companies who property they are attached to? Call the city government see if they had anything to do with it, look for manufacturer’s markings on the protractors themselves?

Not to say I don’t love good journalism as much as the next guy, but were you aware that the entire news industry is nearly dead? Newsrooms are vacant with single journos covering multiple desks. No one has time for good reporting anymore.

Locate each protractor.
Note the number on each protractor
Plot a line from the location through the compass direction indicated by that number.
Find the point where those numbers intersect.
Dig until you find the buried treasure.

There are multiple initial points. Lines from any two initial points, unless they are parallel, will intersect. If lines from a larger number of the protractors intersect at one place, investigators might want to take a good look at that place. It is likely to be a business that wants to attract attention.

This is another sign that society as we knew it is breaking down. These people have nothing better too do with their time and energy. Maybe spend some time helping the ederly or something. Not vandilizing public property.